Rationally Speaking #223 - Chris Fraser on "The Mohists, ancient China's philosopher warriors"
Not enough people know about the Mohists, a strikingly modern group of Chinese philosophers active in 479-221 BCE. This episode features Chris Fraser, expert on Mohism and professor of philosophy at t...
17 Des 201843min
Rationally Speaking #222 - Spencer Greenberg and Seth Cottrell on "Ask a Mathematician, Ask a Physicist"
This episode features the hosts of "Ask a Mathematician, Ask a Physicist," a blog that grew out of a Burning Man booth in which a good-natured mathematician (Spencer Greenberg) and physicist (Seth Cot...
3 Des 201857min
Rationally Speaking #221 - Rob Reich on "Is philanthropy bad for democracy?"
This episode features political scientist Rob Reich, author of "Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy, and How it Can Do Better". Rob and Julia debate his criticisms of philanthropy: Does...
14 Nov 201847min
Rationally Speaking #220 - Peter Eckersley on "Tough choices on privacy and artificial intelligence"
This episode features Peter Eckersley, an expert in law and computer science, who has worked with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Partnership on AI. Peter and Julia first delve into some of...
28 Okt 20181h 2min
Rationally Speaking #219 - Jason Collins on "A skeptical take on behavioral economics"
In this episode, economist Jason Collins discusses some of the problems with behavioral economics: Why governments have started to rely too much on the field, and why that's bad; why it's suspicious t...
15 Okt 201855min
Rationally Speaking #218 - Chris Auld on "Good and bad critiques of economics"
In this episode, economist Chris Auld describes some common criticisms of his field and why they're wrong. Julia and Chris also discuss whether there are any good critiques of the field, and whether e...
1 Okt 201848min
Rationally Speaking #217 - Aviv Ovadya on "The problem of false, biased, and artificial news"
Aviv Ovadya, an expert on misinformation, talks with Julia about the multiple phenomena that get lumped together as "fake news." For example, articles that are straightforwardly false, misleading, or ...
16 Sep 201838min
Rationally Speaking #216 - Diana Fleischman on "Being a transhumanist evolutionary psychologist"
On this episode of Rationally Speaking, professor Diana Fleischman makes the case for transhumanist evolutionary psychology: understanding our evolved drives, so that we can better overcome them. Dian...
3 Sep 201846min
